HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — A multi-month undercover sting targeting unlicensed home improvement work across Hillsborough County ended with 50 people under arrest, Sheriff Chad Chronister announced. The effort, dubbed Operation Bad Builder, ran from June 1 through October 2, 2026. Detectives from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Property Division and its Construction Fraud Unit tracked […] 50 Arrested In Months-Long Hillsborough County Crackdown ‘Operation Bad Builder’ ...read more read less